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(No Model.)

H. s. PULLMAN.

BICYCLE BELL.

No. 589,752. Patentd Sept. 7,1897.

UNITE STATES PATENT FFICE.

HERBERT S. PULLMAN, OF XVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOYILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters recent No. 589,752, dated September 7, 1897.

Application filed March 1, 1897. Serial No. 625,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ated in the other direction by means of a Be it known that I, HERBERTS. PULLMAN, of spiral spring D, connected at one end with lVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and the lever by means of a pin (Z and at the other State of Connecticut, have invented a new end with the base by means of a pin d. 5 ImprovementinDouble-StrokeBicycle-Bells; Upon the extreme inner end of the lever A, and I do hereby declare the following, when I mount a striker-lever E, pivotally secured taken in connection with the accompanying in place by means of a pivot E, located about drawings and the letters of reference marked midway of its length. thereomto be a full, clear, and exact descrip- A spiral spring F, somewhat lighter than 10 tion of the same, and which said drawings the spring D, before mentioned, is connected constitute part of this specification, and repat one end with the pin d, also before menresent, intioned, and with a pin 6?, mounted in the in- Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a bell ner end of the striker-lever, the opposite end constructed in accordance with myinvention of which is perforated to receive the down- :5 Fig. 2, a plan View thereof with the gong rewardly-depending end or arm G of a short move-d, showing the parts in their passive or coil G, of heavy wire, to the upper end or normal positions; Fig. 3, a similar view'showarm G of which the striker I itself is secured. ing the parts in the position due to them after The said coil is set over a stud or post H, the finger-lever has been operated in one dirigidly secured to the base 0 and having its 2o rection against the tension of its spring; Fig. upper end headed down to prevent the coil 4, a sectional view on the line a Z) of Fig. 2; from coming off. The said coil G", with its Fig. 5, a detached view of the striker and the two arms, forms, as it were, an oscillating oscillating wire carrier thereof. carrier for the striker. A stop-pin J, riveted My invention relates to an improvement in into the base 0, limits the outward movement 2 5 double-stroke bicycle-bells, the object being of the finger-lever. It is to be particularly to produce a simple and durable bell comnoted that the said parts are so constructed posed of a few parts and constructed with and arranged that the pivot of the strikerparticular reference to sounding a quick, lever is out of alinementwith the striker clear, and penetrating alarnn stud or post. 3o lVith these ends in view my invention 0011- The finger-lever A and striker-lever E form sists in a bicycle-bell having a finger lever, in effect a compound lever, the movement of a spring for operating the same in one directhe finger-lever A being multiplied in the tion, an oscillatingstriker, and astriker-lever striker-lever E, so as to vastly quicken the connected with the said striker for actuating action of the latter, which in turn actuates 35 the same and pivotally mounted upon the the striker, the movement of which is accelsaid finger-lever with its pivot out of alineerated near the two limits of its excursion or ment with the center, upon which the striker oscillation,during the middle portion of which oscillates. it moves slower, this action being due to the My invention further consists in certain fact that the pivot of the striker-lever is out 0 .10 details of constructionv and combinations of of alinement with the striker-stud, as aforeparts, as will be hereinafter described, and said. pointed out in the claims. The spring D returns the operating or fin- In carrying out my invention I employ a ger lever to its normal position, while the finger or operating lever A, pivotally conspring E assists in the control of the striker- 5 4 5 nected by means of a pivot B with the sheetlever and causes it to effect the sounding of metal cup-shapedbaseGof the bell,the flange the alarm with force upon the return move- C of the said base being formed with an openment of the finger-lever. The bell is proin g C for the outward projection through it vided' with a gongpost K, of the usual conof the finger-piece A, forming the outer end struction, the said post being riveted cen- I00 50 of the said lover and provided for operating trally in the bottom of the base C and having it in one direction. The said lover is operits upper end formed with a threaded stud K for the attachment of the gong L, which is slightly larger in diameter than the diameter of the base C. The bell is also provided with a clip, composed of two parts, M and M, united by clamping-screws M M but this clip may be replaced by any other clip of approved construction.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a bicycle-bell, the combination with the base and the gong thereof, of a fingerlever pivotally mounted in the base near the edge thereof, and having a finger-piece projecting outward beyond the said edge, a spring connected with the finger-lever for operating the same in one direction, an oscillating striker located near the edge of the base and adapted to strike the gong, and a spring-controlled, plate-like striker -1ever connected with the said striker for oscillating the same and pivotally mounted upon the said finger-lever with its pivot out of alinement with the center upon which the striker oscillates.

2. In a bicycle-bell, the combination with a finger-lever, of a spring for actuating the same in one direction an oscillating striker, a striker-lever connected with the said striker for actuating the same and pivotally mounted upon the said finger-lever with its pivot out of alincment with the center upon which the striker oscillates, and a striker-lever spring connected at one end with the striker, and at the other end with the finger-lever.

3. In a bicycle-bell, the combination with a finger-lever, of a spring for actuating the same in one direction, a striker stud or post, an oscillating carrier oscillating upon the said stud or post as upon a center, and a strikerlever connected with the said carrier for actuating the same and pivotally mounted upon the said finger-lever with its pivot out of alinement with the said stud or post.

4. In a bicycle-bell, the combination with a finger-lever, of a spring for actuating the same in one direction, a striker stud or post, a carrier formed of wire and consisting of two arms and of a coil which is passed over the said post on which the carrier oscillates, a striker attached to one of the said arms of the carrier, a striker-lever connected with the other arm of the carrier which it oscillates, and pivotally mounted upon the said finger-lever with its pivot out of alinement with the said stud or post, and a spring for the striker-lever.

5. In a bicycle-bell, the combination with a finger-lever, of a spring for actuating the same in one direction, a stud or post, an oscillating carrier mounted thereupon, a striker secured to the said carrier, a striker-lever connected with the said carrier for oscillating the same in the actuation of the striker and pivotally mounted upon the said fingerdever HERBERT S. PULLMAN.

WVitnesses:

HENRY FEHL, M. J. XVARNER. 

